Kanye West Net Worth

Kanye West net worth is$160 million

Kanye West Wiki/Biography

American Kanye Omari West is a worldwide-known rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, fashion designer, film producer and hip-hop beat maker, who was born in Atlanta, Georgia on 8 June 1977. He is known both for his own solo career, and for producing albums by such artists as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

So just how rich is Kanye West, as of early 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Kanye has a net worth of over $160 million, accumulated during his career in the entertainment industry which now spans more than 20 years.

Kanye West Net Worth $160 million

Kanye moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother after his parents’ divorce – Dr. Donda West was an English professor, before becoming West’s manager. He also spent some time in China when his mother taught at Nanjing University, and learned the language. Kanye began rapping and writing in his early teens, and although he briefly attended both the American Academy of Art studying art, and Chicago State University to study English in the late ‘90s, he dropped out to concentrate on music.

It is said that Kanye worked on his debut album “The College Dropout” for almost four years – which hit second place on the Billboard 200 – but even then was also producing other artists’ music. Later followed the albums “Late Registration”, “Graduation” as well as “808s & Heartbreak” and “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy“.

Kanye’s releases seem to practically sell themselves, but so do those on which he has worked as a producer, with such stars as Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé, John Legend, Janet Jackson and Alicia Keys. In his musical career overall, Kanye Omari has won more than 40 awards, fourteen of them being Grammys, two American Music Awards, and seven BET awards, as a solo artist and a producer working with his record label called Roc-A-Fella, which is an allusion to the Rockefeller family who are also very wealthy.

Additionally, Kanye is a businessman, and created a luxurious shoe line for Louis Vuitton couture house, and in 2014 a line of sneakers on which he collaborated with Nike – called Air Yeezy – a reference to one of his albums, “Yeezus”.

Speaking about his personal life, Kanye has been married to wealthy socialite and reality show star Kimberly ‘Kim’ Kardashian since 2014, and they have a daughter and a son. In the past Kanye dated Alexis Phifer, model Amber Rose, and also rapper Wiz Khalifa.

Kanye is also a noted philanthropist – after his mother’s death, he established a charity called Dr. Donda West Foundation, which supports African-American children, as well as latino children, and provided help to the victims of hurricane Katrina.

It's the beginning of me rattling the cage, of making some people nervous. And people are strategically trying to do things to mute my voice.

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I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food. And you know that it's been five days because most of the people are black and even for me to complain about - I would be a hypocrite because I've tried turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation and so I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give. And just to imagine if I was down there, those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything to help with the set up, the way that America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible. I mean, Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war right now fighting another way and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us... George Bush doesn't care about black people. - about the response to Hurricane Katrina on A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005).

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If I don't win Album of the Year, I'm gonna have a problem with that... I said I was the face of the Grammys last year. [This year] I'm 10 times that!

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I can always tell if a band have a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

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Nothing is promised in life except for death.

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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

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No one at Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella believed in "Through the Wire." So I shot a video using my own money.

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[on living in Asia for a year.] Most of the kids had never seen a black person before, so they'd come over to me and touch my face, thinkin' it was paint or something.

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Was admitted into the UCLA Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation.[November 2016].

Lived in China with his mother during an exchange program and could speak Chinese, but has since forgotten most of the language.

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Performed "Lost In The World" at the funeral of fellow musician Gil Scott-Heron (The Riverside Church New York).

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Pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery stemming from a July 2013 incident in which he assaulted photographer Danny Ramos in Los Angeles International Airport and attempted to steal his camera. In return for his plea, he received 24 months of informal probation plus 250 hours of community service and must attend 24 anger management sessions. He also has to pay for any damage done to Ramos' camera equipment as well as any medical bills incurred on behalf of the victim. He will also have to stay 100 yards away from the alleged victim in this case, Danny Ramos. In addition to the misdemeanor battery charge he also faced felony attempted grand larceny charges. As part of the plea deal the latter charge was dropped, thus allowing him to avoid prison time. [March 2014].

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Planning to tour with Lady Gaga throughout the United States. [August 2009]

Father of his 1st child with Kim Kardashian West a daughter, North West, was born on June 15, 2013, weighing 4 pounds and 15 ounces.

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Has stated that producer RZA has been a great influence. The two have collaborated a few times.

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Part-owner of a chain of Fatburger restaurants.

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Kanye broke down at a concert in Paris, a week after the passing of his mother, Dr. Donda West, as he tried to sing the verses of "Hey Mama", a song he had written earlier on in his career in dedication to her.

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At the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards, he jumped up on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech after she had won Best Female video saying that Beyoncé Knowles had the best female video.

Has his own record label with the acronym G.O.O.D which stands for Getting Out Our Dreams, a subsidiary of Geffen.

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Lived in China for a year with his mother when he was 10 years old.

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Attended Chicago State University / Columbia College, Chicago. He dropped out to pursue music, hence the name of his 2004 debut album "The College Droput".

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His mother was a former English professor at Chicago State University.

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Moved to Chicago when he was 3 years old.

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Nominated for 10 Grammies in 2005. He ended up winning 3.

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Made his European television debut performing his song "Through the Wire" on Raymann is laat (2001).

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His debut album CD booklet contains 'yearbook-style' photos of the entire "College Dropout" album staff, along with high school superlatives underneath them. His was "most unlikely to succeed".

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When Kanye was 3 years old, his parents Ray West and Donda West divorced. She moved to Chicago and was an English professor at Chicago State University, and retired to be Kanye's manager. She appeared on FOX News' "The Big Story with John Gibson" on May 18, 2007, to talk about her son, which led to her being dubbed a "hip hop mama".

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His debut album, "College Drop Out", sold over 400,000 copies in its first week.

Has a metal plate in his chin from near fatal car accident in which he was involved in around 3 pm on October 23, 2002. He was driving home from a studio session and fell asleep behind the steering wheel and crashed into another car.

Short performer: "Dark Fantasy", "Gorgeous", "Power", "All of the Lights", "Devil in a New Dress", "Runaway", "Hell of a Life" "Hell of a Life, "Blame Game", "Lost in the World", "Who Will Survive in America" - uncredited / producer: "Dark Fantasy", "Gorgeous", "Power", "All of the Lights", "Runaway", "Hell of a Life" "Hell of a Life, "Blame Game", "Lost in the World" - uncredited / writer: "Dark Fantasy", "Gorgeous", "Power", "All of the Lights", "Devil in a New Dress", "Runaway", "Hell of a Li